Mrs. Mavis Kathryn Elks Woolard, age 83, a former resident of the Old Ford community, died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 4:17 pm
By: Announcements
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Three families will be celebrating Thanksgiving together this year, grateful that two young boys have a new chance at a healthy life. Tuguldur Ganzorig, 1, and Munkhbayar Munkhbat, 2, of Mongolia, along with their mothers and an interpreter, have spent the past few weeks living with a host family...
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:54 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language Arts (ELA) standards appears divided.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Andrea Blake Linton, age 38, a resident of Garner Rd., Greenville, NC passed away Friday, November 29, 2013 at Vidant Service League of Greenville Inpatient Hospice.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 10:29 am
By: Announcements
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Debbie Grant Rader, 49, formerly of Washington, died Monday, Nov. 25, 2013, at her home.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 10:23 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Lucy Ebron Davis, 85, a resident of Ridgewood Manor nursing home and formerly of 3332419 U.S. Highway 264 East, Belhaven, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 10:20 am
By: Announcements
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Miss Nelia Bonner, of 442 Kingsborough Fourth Walk, Brooklyn, N.Y., died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 9:52 am
By: Announcements
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Congress established Kill Devil Hills National Memorial on March 2, 1927 to commemorate Wilbur and Orville Wright and their contribution to aeronautics and for conducting the world's first successful heavier-than air flight.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although some young Americans graduate from high school with superb academic skills, a great many leave high school with pathetic abilities in crucial areas: reading, writing, basic math, and reasoning. One of the key reasons why that's so is that many of their teachers are not very good themselves.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 1:04 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Margie Respess Swain, age 89, a resident of Swan Point Reef Rd., Washington, NC passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 3:31 pm
By: Announcements
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Governor McCrory has proclaimed Sunday, December 1, as "Drive Safer Sunday" in North Carolina. The Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Every passionate reader has a first literary love - that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University has received a grant of $450,000 to help people with type 2 diabetes and related depression or distress manage their illnesses.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Kay Hagan, Harry Reid and Barry Obama all sold us on how great this ObamaCare stuff was going to be. We could stay with our doctor if we like him or her.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Mr. Edward Baytala, age 88, a resident of 102 Main Street, Chocowinity, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at his home.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:36 pm
By: Announcements
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Rev. Odell Lonnie Dyson, age 93, retired minister, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at River Trace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:30 pm
By: Announcements
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Margie Respess Swain, 89, a resident of Swan Point Reef Rd., Washington, NC, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:25 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Robenia Harris, 83, of 772 Cedar Village Drive, Belhaven, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 10:14 pm
By: Announcements
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Two hundred years ago, long before the days of parades with helium filled balloons, marathon football games and "Black Friday," a brave group of settlers came to North Carolina looking for a better life.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 1:09 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Medical and dental students at East Carolina University would pay more in tuition next year under a plan approved Nov. 22 by the Board of Trustees during its regular meeting.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Despite the inclement weather, last night's wind energy community forum in Newport was standing room only.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 1:07 pm
By: John Droz, Jr.
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Mr. Edward Baytala, age 88, a resident of 102 Main Street, Chocowinity died Wednesday, November 27, 2013.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 3:03 am
By: Announcements
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At Modesto Junior College on September 17, 2013, an ordinary thing happened on what, by all accounts, is an ordinary college campus. A student, Robert Van Tuinen, was told to stop handing out literature on campus in violation of campus rules.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2013 @ 12:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Bill Barber, his rabble, and their allies in the media and North Carolina Democrat Party have been hitting us with sob stories about the short-changing of higher education in North Carolina that apparently started when that bad man from Charlotte moved into the executive mansion on Blount Street.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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North Carolina can help prevent unnecessary increases in health care costs by repealing a 35-year-old law that has failed to address that goal. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report delivers that verdict.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 5:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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November 25, 2013 - Beaufort Countybased organization, Angels N Camo has been named a winner in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program, which awards new vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public from Oct. 1 - Nov. 19, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 5:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following 2013 Thanksgiving Day message.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In some circles, it is thought that for a community to be said to truly exist, it must be "World Class." It is assumed that each community aspires to be a World Class Community, no matter the cost. What brings a WCC to life, like the magician's hat to Frosty the Snowman, is light-rail transit.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that for the first time since the State Employees Combined Campaign began in 1985, the leadership team of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services has achieved 100 percent participation.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We should continue to use caution when traveling as we could receive another one-half inch of rain and many culverts are plugged or flow is reduced and standing water can cause hydroplaning in vehicles.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University students who live outside of eastern North Carolina must go the extra mile when they travel home for the holidays. If flights are unavailable locally, that extra effort often means facing heavy Raleigh-bound traffic and racking up high costs in airport parking fees.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 11:12 am
By: ECU News Services
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With a few notable exceptions, government agencies in North Carolina do not expect a major hit from Obamacare mandates in the coming year. But that could change in 2015, when large employer requirements kick in for organizations such as the UNC system, where as many as 10,000 temporary employees...
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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